Lytchett Matravers (St. Mary)
St. Mary's
Church, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset
In a secluded location to the north west of the village, the Church of St Mary mostly dates from the thirteenth century (tower and chancel)
or from the fifteenth / early sixteenth centuries (nave and arcade). There is a brass inscription to Margaret Clement, who died in 1505, and a number
of monuments, one probably for John Lord Matravers, who died in 1365.
Sources:
- John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman's guide to English parish
churches, revised and updated by Nigel Kerr. London: HarperCollins,
1993, p. 183.
- Dorset Historic Churches Trust, Dorset Churches.
[Dorchester]: DHCT, 1988, p. 32.
- John Hutchins, The history and antiquities of the County of
Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by W. Shipp and J.W. Hodson,
Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1861-1873.
- Arthur Mee, ed., Dorset: Thomas Hardy's country. The King's
England. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, pp. 144-145.
- John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England:
Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 263.
- Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory
of historical monuments in the County of Dorset, Vol. 2, South-East
Dorset. London: HMSO, 1970, pt. 1, pp. 154-156.
Bells:
6, 7-3-9 in Bb.
St. Mary's
Church, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset
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